Since its inception fabsosh has been conducting various community outreach programmes which includes hosting learners from local schools and universities.

Last year fablab continued with the programme a little bit different than previous years. Last year fablab targeted technical high schools learners and local university students who are doing electrical technology at a technical high school or electronics /electrical engineering at a university.

Something interesting happened, some of the former technical high school learners who took part at the fabsosh outreach programme last year, who are now enrolled at Tshwane University of Technology for electronics/electrical engineering are visiting fabsosh at constant basis. They use fablab tools/equipments to complete their practical projects (electronics). They also use the fablab as their source of information since they live far from libraries.

Below: the two at the back are; S’khumbuzo (fab facilitator), Rodney (fab constant user), and Matilda (the lady, sitting) and the gentlemen in a white shirt are students from Tshwane University of Technology.

Soshanguve Technical High School learners during fablab  visit last year.

S’khumbuzo Ndlovu

23-03-2009